Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 234

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person discloses:

  (i)   the whole or part of a report; or

  (ii)   information contained in a report; and

  (b)   the report is, or the information is contained in, a protected information report; and

  (c)   the disclosure is to the public, or a section of the public.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply in relation to a disclosure authorised under subsection   229(4) (disclosure required by another Commonwealth law) or section   230 (disclosure by authorised discloser in public interest).

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2): see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .